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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur Inaugurates Badminton court mats, Judo hall and Boxing hall at NCOE Hamirpur
Sh. Anurag singh Thakur, Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports, Information & Broadcasting inaugurated sports facilities at the SAI National Centre of Excellence  in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh on Friday. The Sports Authority of India NCOE Hamirpur has installed and operationalized badminton court mats with flooring along with boxing hall and judo hall.
The National centre of Excellence Hamirpur has been established in cooperation with Govt. of Himachal Pradesh in March 2022. Currently for first year, 91 athletes are training in 6 disciplines of athletics, badminton, boxing, judo, hockey, wrestling on non residential basis. The work of future expansion of NCOE is in progress which will see an international sporting arena and Olympic size swimming pool along with 300 bedded hostel facilities extended to talented athletes.
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur appreciated the efforts of SAI for successful installation of courts in short time. The minister said, “It took just 10 months in the completion of this SAI NCOE and I am happy on Dr Ambedkar Jayanti, we are opening up new badminton courts, new lights system, wrestling and judo mats and more. This was done in record time. More facilities will come for this NCOE. We all shall walk the path shown by Dr. Ambedkar in our life and work hard for achieving our dreams.
“There will be lot of talented athletes here at the NCOE and the training these athletes will receive here will catapult their career further in terms of skills and development. This has given much fillip and will give further fillip to the development of sports in Himachal Pradesh. We target the region to be the next big sports hub in India,” Shri Thakur added.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Smt. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai nominated as Chairperson, Press Council of India
The Government of India has today nominated Smt. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai as Chairperson of Press Council of India. Smt Justice Desai is a retired Judge of Supreme Court of India.
Prime Minister's Office
PM shares glimpses of his interaction with ground level G20 functionaries
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacted with G20 ground level functionaries at Bharat Madapam yesterday.
Many senior journalists posted the moments of the interaction on X.
The Prime Minister reposted following posts
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 
Cabinet approves Intra-State Transmission System – Green Energy Corridor Phase-II
The scheme is targeted to be set up with total estimated cost of Rs. 12,031 crore
The scheme will help in achieving the target of 450 GW installed RE capacity by 2030
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the scheme on Green Energy Corridor  Phase-II for Intra-State Transmission System  for addition of approximately 10,750 circuit kilometres  of transmission lines and approx. 27,500 Mega Volt-Amperes  transformation capacity of substations. The scheme will facilitate grid integration and power evacuation of approximately 20 GW of Renewable Energy  power projects in seven States namely, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
The scheme is targeted to be set up with total estimated cost of Rs. 12,031.33 crore and Central Financial Assistance  @ 33 percent of the project cost i.e. Rs. 3970.34 crore. The transmission systems will be created over a period of five year from Financial Year 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Central Financial Assistance  will help in offsetting the Intra-State transmission charges and thus keep the power costs down. Thus, the Government support will ultimately benefit the end users — the citizens of India.
The scheme will help in achieving the target of 450 GW installed RE capacity by 2030.
The scheme will also contribute to long term energy security of the country and promote ecologically sustainable growth by reducing carbon footprint. It will generate large direct & indirect employment opportunities for both skilled and unskilled personnel in power and other related sectors.
This scheme is in addition to GEC-Phase-I which is already under implementation in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu for grid integration and power evacuation of approx. 24 GW of RE power and is expected to be completed by 2022. The scheme is for addition of 9700 ckm of transmission lines and 22600 MVA capacity of substations having estimated cost of transmission projects of Rs. 10,141.68 crore with Central Financial Assistance  of Rs. 4056.67 crore.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
MoS Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar flags off first SemiconIndia FutureDesign Roadshow in Gandhinagar
Felicitates Gujarat Industrialists & HNIs as they pledge Rs. 1500 Crore to catalyse Gujarat’s Startup ecosystem
ISRO tested and qualified NavIC Receiver Chipsets unveiled
‘The time to be a Semicon India Future Design startup is now’: Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The Union Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar has flagged off the first SemiconIndia FutureDesign roadshow, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat today. As part of the efforts to give a boost to the semiconductor design industry in India, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had launched a series of SemiconIndia FutureDesign roadshows across the country.
Reposing faith in PM Shri Narendra Modi ji’s pitch for AtmaNirbhar Bharat & IndiaTechade, Gujarati Industrialists & HNIs pledged Rs. 1500 Crore for Catalyzing the Gujarat’s Startup ecosystem. The Minister felicitated them for their inspiring initiative and for setting an example for others to follow.
While addressing a gathering of students, startups and innovators, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the Roadshows have been planned with an aim to inspire the Startups, next-gen innovators and industry leaders to invest in Semiconductor Design and also help us create a robust Semiconductor ecosystem in the country, as envisioned by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi.
“We intend to take the Semicon India program to every student, every college and make as many young Indians excited by and participate in the Semicon India journey,” he said as various industry leaders, both Global and Indian, joined him in making pitch to young students, Startups and entrepreneurs to grab the SemiconIndia FutureDesign opportunity.
The time to be a Semicon India future design startup is now, he pitched to the audience.
Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar also launched the ISRO tested and qualified NavIC Receiver Chipsets, ready to be deployed in commercial market, at the event. Several industry leaders, both Indian and global, were also present on the occasion.
“The bedrock of AtmaNirbhar Bharat is AtmaNirbhar State which is driven by AtmaNirbhar cities and Atmanirbhar villages. We will create AtmaNirbhar Surat, AtmaNirbhar Ahmedabad, AtmaNirbhar Rajkot, and many more.”, said Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar
MoS Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar has played the role of a catalyst by taking PM’s vision to all the stakeholders in the startup ecosystem of Gujarat. He has visited all the regions of Gujarat engaging with Startups, innovators, investors and industry leaders galvanising support for the startup & innovation sector in the state.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
MoS  Dr Jitendra Singh chairs review meeting of Ministry of DoNER
Bamboo workshop-cum-exhibition to be organised in Jammu in January next year
Workshop to focus on North-East experience with Bamboo in UT of J&K
Nearly 65% of M/o DoNER budget spent for current Financial Year
The Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region , Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr.Jitendra Singh chaired a review meeting of the activities of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region , here today. The Secretary , Dr InderJit Singh and senior officers of Ministry of DoNER and North Eastern Council  were present during the meeting.
During the meeting, Dr Jitendra said that the North Eastern Council , Ministry of DoNER, in collaboration with Government of Jammu and Kashmir will organise a workshop cum exhibition on 'Bamboo - A wonder grass: Opportunity for Sustainable Development in Jobs' in Jammu in January next year. The workshop is being organised through Cane and Bamboo Technology Centre , Assam and Department of Social-Forestry, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. The workshop will focus on NE experience with bamboo in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Minister said that the development of North Eastern region has been on the priority of the Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. He said that the experience of North Eastern states will help the artisans of UT of Jammu and Kashmir. This will help them in their economic development and job opportunities, he added. He said that this will also assist in commercial exploitation of bamboo grown in this region. A Bamboo Industrial Park has already been approved to be set up in the Dima Hasao district of Assam, he said.
Besides above, it was informed that nearly 65 percent Ministry of DoNER budget has been spent for the current financial year. The possibility of providing digital/virtual class rooms in districts of North eastern states was also discussed during the meeting. Dr Jitendra Singh said that it is an initiative towards digitisation of North east Region. During the meeting, the status of JNU hostel, Dwarka and Rohini projects was also discussed.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Upgradation of paperless process for grant of Industrial Entrepreneur Memorandum 
With a view to enhancing ease of doing business and transparency, the DPIIT has revamped its Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum  portal. The upgraded portal offers single IEM for one company to capture details of all its locations and sectors.
This Single form will facilitate filling of investment intentions  and reporting of commencement of production  in a seamless manner. Any amendments to the IEMs may also be done easily with respect to previously filed IEMs. This entire process avoids duplication in filling information.
All approvals will be communicated on emails and SMS in purely paperless manner to applicants. Simultaneous information shall also send to concerned State Governments. The G2B portal can be accessed at http://services.dipp.gov.in for the purpose of submitting application and obtaining the IEM certificate.
DPIIT operates the G2B Portal for receiving application of Industrial Entrepreneurs to file an Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum  under Industries  Act, 1951.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister lauds Chandigarh-based food stall owner in his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' address
In his monthly radio address to the nation 'Mann Ki Baat', the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today lauded a Chandigarh-based food stall owner for his self-driven initiative in motivating others to get themselves vaccinated against COVID-19. During his address, the Prime Minister said that on suggestion of his daughter and niece, a food stall owner Sanjay Rana started feeding free chole bhature to those who had got the covid vaccine.
The owner sells chole bhature on a cycle in Sector-29, Chandigarh and to have this meal for free, one has to show that one has got the vaccine administered on the very day, said Prime Minister. He appreciated this effort and said that this act proves that for the welfare of the society, spirit of service and duty are required more than money.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
More than 2,17,000 flights operated under Vande Bharat Mission
Over 1.83 crore passengers have been facilitated till October 2021
During the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Government of India has undertaken the Vande Bharat Mission to repatriate Indian nationals and also to facilitate travel of passengers between India and various parts of the world.
As on 31.10.2021, more than 2,17,000 flights have been operated under Vande Bharat Mission and over 1.83 crore passengers have been facilitated. State-wise distribution of inbound and out bound passengers may be seen at Annexure-A. The operations under Vande Bharat Mission were commercial operations by the airlines and air fares were paid by passengers. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has not provided any subsidy/grant for the Vande Bharat Mission.
ANNEXURE-A
Details of passengers  who have travelled on Vande Bharat Mission
|
|
States / UTs
|
|
From 01.04.20201 to 31.10.2021
|
|
Outbound
|
|
Inbound
|
|
Total
|
|
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
ISLANDS
|
|
13
|
|
13
|
|
26
|
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
|
1922
|
|
94244
|
|
96166
|
|
ASSAM
|
|
35
|
|
349
|
|
384
|
|
BIHAR
|
|
1162
|
|
11914
|
|
13076
|
|
CHANDIGARH
|
|
4138
|
|
11617
|
|
15755
|
|
DELHI
|
|
2943325
|
|
2760000
|
|
5703325
|
|
GOA
|
|
28752
|
|
36798
|
|
65550
|
|
GUJARAT
|
|
183053
|
|
210417
|
|
393470
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
|
558673
|
|
593321
|
|
1151994
|
|
KERALA
|
|
2067447
|
|
2399688
|
|
4467135
|
|
MAHARASHTRA
|
|
1298689
|
|
1009619
|
|
2308308
|
|
MANIPUR
|
|
12
|
|
19
|
|
31
|
|
MADHYA PRADESH
|
|
1504
|
|
1393
|
|
2897
|
|
ODISHA
|
|
723
|
|
5425
|
|
6148
|
|
PUNJAB
|
|
169878
|
|
151064
|
|
320942
|
|
RAJASTHAN
|
|
71123
|
|
111370
|
|
182493
|
|
TELANGANA
|
|
496173
|
|
638225
|
|
1134398
|
|
TAMIL NADU
|
|
670368
|
|
905845
|
|
1576213
|
|
UTTAR PRADESH
|
|
185601
|
|
487682
|
|
673283
|
|
WEST BENGAL
|
|
114743
|
|
133567
|
|
248310
|
|
Grand Total
|
|
8797334
|
|
9562570
|
|
18359904
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry Of Civil Aviation (Gen.
 V. K. Singh  in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Loans to Scheduled Castes
Department of Social Justice and Empowerment provides concessional financial assistance in the form of loans through National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation  and Industrial Financial Corporation of India  under Credit Based Schemes and Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes  respectively.
The funds disbursed and beneficiary covered under the schemes of NSFDC and the scheme of VCF-SC of IFCI during the last five years  respectively are given as under :
NSFDC:
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|
Financial Year
|
|
Amount Disbursed

|
|
Beneficiaries Covered

|
|
2014-15
|
|
270.27
|
|
70,885
|
|
2015-16
|
|
378.94
|
|
71,915
|
|
2016-17
|
|
478.98
|
|
82,105
|
|
2017-18
|
|
600.88
|
|
1,08,340
|
|
2018-19
|
|
671.21
|
|
81,431
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
2400.28
|
|
3,14,677
:
|
|
Financial Year
|
|
Amount Disbursed

|
|
Beneficiaries Covered

|
|
2014-15
|
|
1.00
|
|
1
|
|
2015-16
|
|
69.15
|
|
15
|
|
2016-17
|
|
45.12
|
|
18
|
|
2017-18
|
|
53.46
|
|
18
|
|
2018-19
|
|
33.86
|
|
11
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
202.59
|
|
63
This information was given by Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Rattan Lal Kataria in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Defence Secretary Urges user friendly System for Pension Administration Raksha 
Outreach Programme for Defence Pensioners on System for Pension Administration Raksha  organized at New Delhi
The Defence Secretary, Shri Giridhar Armane has urged the stakeholders of System for Pension Administration Raksha , an one stop solution to all pension related activities of Defence pensioners pioneered by Defence Accounts Department, to make it more user friendly. He underlined some problems in migration to SPARSH platform and technical glitches that need to be rectified. He was speaking at the Outreach Programme for Defence Pensioners on System for Pension Administration Raksha  organized by Defence Accounts Department at New Delhi on 14th December, 2022.
Complementing the Defence Accounts Department for executing ambitious project SPARSH with objective of streamlining the entire pension system, the Defence Secretary suggested to make the system intuitively user friendly and provide handholding services to the Defence pensioners in onboarding process. Further, he exhorted the service provider to deploy the best of their resources to the project to ensure the top quality software and seamless transfer of pension and other benefits to the ex-servicemen.
The Defence Secretary virtually inaugurated a SPARSH Service Centre in Delhi Cantonment, offering various services such as Service Requests and Grievance Redressal, Annual Life Certification, Pensioner Data verification , Manage Profile Changes including Aadhar Number, PAN Number, Postal Address, Bank Details etc , and View and Access various documents such as the Pension Payment Order , Corrigenda PPO, Pension Slip Form.
The Department also signed a Memorandum of Understanding  with Six Banks viz. Indian Postal Payment Bank, Union Bank of India, Axis Bank Ltd., ICICI Bank Ltd., Bandhan Bank and Equittas Small Financial Bank Ltd.
The Defence Accounts Department organized the 176th Raksha Pension Samadhan Aayojan, an outreach programme for Pensioners on the SPARSH [System for Pension Administration Raksha]. The Defence Secretary, Shri Giridhar Aramane was the Chief Guest at the function. Vice Chiefs of the Armed Forces, Secretaries and Senior Officials off the Ministry of Defence were also present on the occasion.
The Defence Accounts Department is the nodal implementing agency for Project SPARSH, envisaging ‘whole of the government’ approach and integrates over 3000 pension initiating, sanctioning and disbursement agencies. The unified system brings pensions services ranging from digital process of pensioner verification to real time tracking of grievance redressal at the doorstep of the veterans.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Union Government is generating public awareness and undertaking campaigns on plastic waste management and elimination of single-use plastics in the country
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today said that the Union Government through various central Ministries and government agencies has been involved in generating public awareness and undertaking campaigns on plastic waste management and elimination of single-use plastics in urban and rural areas of the country. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had launched Prakriti – Mascot on 5th April 2022. Three videos of PRAKRITI have been made on elimination of single use plastics. These videos have been translated in 19 languages and have been shared with States and UTs for further dissemination. A dedicated webpage with all awareness material has been created for making available all information materials and videos for wider dissemination and use by stakeholders. An E-Pledge on Swachh Bharat Harit Bharat Green Pledge has been launched on My Gov Platform for generating public movement amongst citizens on 5th April 2022. A National Expo on eco-alternatives to banned single use plastics items and Conference of Startups - 2022 were organized jointly with Government of Tamil Nadu in Chennai on 26-27th September 2022.
Shri Choubey further added that the States and Union Territories have been asked to undertake regular enforcement drives to implement ban on identified single use plastic items and on plastic carry bags having thickness less than one hundred twenty microns, covering fruit and vegetable markets, wholesale markets, local markets, flower vendors, units manufacturing plastic carry bags etc. States and UTs have also been asked to undertake random checking at border checkpoints to stop inter-state movement of banned single use plastic items. A one-month long pan India awareness and enforcement campaign was undertaken for implementation of ban on identified single use plastic items from 1st to 31st July 2022. Special pan India enforcement drives was undertaken in months of October, November and December, 2022 by Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees.
In the written reply it was stated that during the enforcement campaign, non-compliance of the ban on identified single use plastic has been found in commercial establishments and manufacturing units including in small shops in local markets. Actions have been taken on the deviations, which include seizure of banned single use plastic items and levy of penalty. As per available information, the penalty levied during the enforcement campaigns is approximately Rs. 6,01,67,701/- and 8,04,501 kg. material was seized.
Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Implementatin of Forest Right Act
As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers  Act, 2006  and rules there under, responsibility for implementation of the Act lies with the States/UTs. As per the information available with Ministry, received from State Governments, till 31.03.2019, a total of 19,64,048 titles  have been distributed which includes 87,215 in Gujarat.
As per the information available, till 31.03.2019, total claims filed is 42,37,853  out of which 19,64,048 titles  have been distributed and 17,53,504claims  have been rejected implying that a total of 5,20,301 claims are pending and at different stage of recognition/verification.
This Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been issuing various instructions/advisories to the State Governments including Gujarat from time to time for effective implementation of the Act emphasizing that prescribed procedure, as contained in the Act and Rules there under for vesting forest rights in forest dwelling communities, should be followed to ensure that claims of eligible persons is not rejected. States have been requested by this Ministry from time to time to review all rejected claims.
Apart from above, State Government of Gujarat has, inter-alia, informed that the implementation of FRA is reviewed in Sub-Divisional Level Committee, District Level Committee and State Level Monitoring Committee meetings held regularly and further, implementation of FRA is also reviewed by Secretary, Tribal Development Department and Commissioner, Tribal Development every month.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
Violations in Election expenditure norms : Exclusive control room to receive complaints
In view of the upcoming Assembly Elections on April 6th 2021, in the state of Tamil Nadu, the Office of the Commissioner of GST & Central Excise, Chennai Outer CGST Commissionerate, has setup an exclusive control room functioning 24x7 to receive complaints from the general public in connection with the violations in Election expenditure norms. Any violations / deviations noticed, may be immediately brought to the notice of this office at any time over phone or through SMS/ E-mail and upon receipt of such information, immediate action will be carried out.
In order to be vigil and to curb the movement of smuggled/contraband goods/illicit articles and to prevent the stocking of non-monetary inducements like sarees, white goods, kitchen, electronic items, cash etc, which may be used to lure the voters during the' Election process, Chennai Outer CGST Commissionerate has formed 6 flying squads and 8 static surveillance teams, who will keep a watch on all the warehouses registered in our jurisdiction and also carry out in-transit check of vehicles, godown, stockyard etc.
These teams will take steps to identify and seize such goods  for conduct of free, fair and transparent Elections.
General public are requested to contact the below mentioned control room numbers to share any information pertaining to illicit movement of goods/complaints related to poll related untoward activities.
Control Room Contact Numbers: 8248134458, 9445232804 & 9841986551. E-Mail : gst.chennaiouter[at]gov[dot]in
This is stated in a press release issued by Smt.B.Jayabalasundari, Additional Commissioner, Office of the Commissioner of GST and Central Excise Chennai Outer.